Chapter 181: Are you happy?
Gasol has never been a tough player, and he proved this with his poor performance in the finals last season. He was so good in the regular season, but when he met the tough KG, he was like a child, helpless, and almost broke down and cried on the court.
Yang Mo saw this clearly, so he decided to open a breakthrough point from him and use strong force to break him down. In this way, the starting point of the triangle attack is missing a link, and it is a crucial link.
Soon, the referee stood at the center line to organize the serve. With a whistle, he threw the basketball into the air.
Magnoier tried to stand on tiptoe, and then watched the little shark Bynum jump up and knock the basketball away. There was no other way, the difference in age and physical fitness was too great.
However, although Bynum passed the basketball, the Lakers did not gain possession of the ball because Yang Mo rushed out as fast as an arrow and snatched the basketball away from the aging Fisher in the blink of an eye. Then he ran towards the frontcourt like the wind. Fisher could not even catch Yang Mo's shorts, so how could he keep up with Yang Mo's pace.
Fisher couldn't keep up, and neither could the others. Fortunately, their small forward Ariza ran to the half court to defend early.
When Ariza saw Yang Mo rushing towards him, he immediately lowered his center of gravity and prepared to give Yang Mo a clean interception.
He was very confident in his defense, and at the same time he didn't take Yang Mo's dribbling skills seriously at all.
So when Yang Mo was about to rush to him, he arrogantly made a strategy of moving forward to steal the ball. When he moved his center of gravity forward to steal the ball, Yang Mo, who was moving at high speed, suddenly changed direction to the left. Ariza was very surprised and quickly turned his body to the left.
And just as his center of gravity shifted over, Yang Mo suddenly changed direction to the right... Bang!
When Yang Mo completed this extremely fast crossover, Ariza's ankle was tangled and he fell to the ground. He was too arrogant and underestimated Yang Mo's dribbling ability, so he took the initiative to steal the ball without completely lowering his center of gravity. With his ankle rotating back and forth and tangled, it was a blessing from God that he didn't sprain the ligament. After all, Yang Mo completed the crossover at super high speed!
When Ariza fell to the ground, the Lakers fans who were waiting to see Yang Mo make a fool of himself suddenly exclaimed one after another, thinking it was unbelievable.
And just as they were screaming and holding their heads in their hands, Yang Mo rushed into the penalty area, jumped high, raised the ball above his head with his right hand, covered his ears with his left hand, and slammed the basketball into the basket with a classic Malone one-handed tomahawk dunk!
When the basket was smashed by the fierce Yang Mo, the entire Staples Center was extremely quiet.
But soon, they burst into loud boos.
Because after Yang Mo completed the dunk, he actually looked up to the sky and shouted: "Stamps, wow!"
Although Yang Mo was shouting in Chinese, who in the United States doesn't know what "fuck" means? Yang Mo was slapping them in the face! They immediately gave waves of boos.
Amid the boos, Yang Mo walked coldly toward the backcourt. When passing by Ariza, he said with disdain: "You want to steal the ball from me with this kind of defense? Wake up, it's not time to dream yet, man!"
Yang Mo's words made Ariza's teeth clench. Being knocked down in public was already a very embarrassing thing, and now Yang Mo wanted to make things worse, how could he not be angry?
But? What right does he have to hate? He failed to steal the ball and was dribbled past. That means he is not capable enough. People with poor abilities can only endure humiliation. The law of the jungle is the ultimate survival rule in the NBA.
As Ariza was gnashing his teeth, the TNT commentator mocked him.
"Is Ariza the first player to be knocked down by Yang Mo? He was actually knocked down by an inside player, what a shame. This is definitely the biggest stain in his career. This shame will be played continuously along with Yang Mo's highlights. Ten, twenty, and thirty years later, people will still remember that a guy named Ariza was knocked to the ground by the Chinese Yang." TNT host Collins shouted excitedly. This was the first time that a Heat game was broadcast again after many games. Unexpectedly, Yang Mo gave the audience a huge easter egg at the beginning of the game. What a surprise.
"He is the first, but he is likely not the last." Kenny Smith said with his professional point guard perspective: "Yang's dribbling just now showed very superb skills. There are not many inside players who can change direction perfectly at such a high speed, and his center of gravity is so low, so it is not surprising that Ariza was knocked down."
"Young has made great progress." Barkley, a die-hard Yang fan, said excitedly: "Last time when the Heat game was broadcast, every time he broke through, he had to rely on weird and creative man-ball passes. I didn't expect that he can actually knock down his opponents now. He is a true genius! A genius will always make people unpredictable when he will evolve!"
"Now that you mention it, it's true. Yang's dribbling was terrible before. I didn't expect that he can reach this level now."
"Don't be too optimistic. In fact, his dribbling is not that good. Basically, every team's starting point guard can reach this level, but he is an inside player so it seems a little rare." Kenny Smith said with a smile.
"Are all the starting point guards of all teams as fast as Yang?" Barkley, a die-hard Yang fan, didn't like Kenny Smith's words and couldn't help but complain.
"These are two different things," Kenny Smith argued.
The two were about to continue arguing when Collins shouted, "Look, what's happening on the court?"
The two immediately stopped arguing and locked their eyes on the screen.
Gasol was struggling to play one-on-one with his back to Yang Mo. His huge body kept squeezing in, but his feet didn't move at all. Although Yang Mo was only as tall as his shoulders, the solid strength of his lower body prevented him from moving forward even half a step, and instead he was moving further and further out.
Maybe it was because he didn't get any results after playing one-on-one for five or six seconds, and was pushed out of the collision zone, so he was embarrassed. So, he suddenly took a step back, turned around and shot a jump shot.
Gasol was very confident in his shot. He thought that with his height and long wingspan, Yang Mo would definitely not be able to defend him, so he did not use all his jumping skills, but found a comfortable position to shoot the ball. But... although Yang Mo was short, how could he be shot in the face at will?
The moment Gasol stepped back, Yang Mo stuck to him closely, and when he jumped up, Yang Mo quickly shot up, then swung his terrifying long arms in a semi circle behind him and slapped him hard... bang!
Gasol had just thrown the basketball less than 30 centimeters away when Yang Mo fiercely shot it out like a smash. With Yang Mo's brute force, the basketball flew out of bounds at an incredibly fast speed... bang!
It hit Phil Jackson's face hard as he closed his eyes to rest. Blood gushed out immediately and he screamed in pain. His image of a sage collapsed in an instant.
While the Lakers bench was in a state of panic, Yang Mo, the instigator of all this, arrogantly yelled at the fans in the stadium: "Lakers fans, are you happy?"
After saying this, he did not forget to put his hands on his ears and listen.
Unfortunately, this is not Miami. He can't hear the cheers, let alone the joy of shouting in unison.
What can be heard is the anger of the Lakers fans and the boos that sweep out like a hurricane.
Yang Mo was very satisfied with Staples' booing. He nodded with a smile on his face and whispered in Chinese: "Yes, that's it. Keep your anger and continue until the end of the game. It will be a bad night."
